Joseph Gomis (born 2 July 1978) is a French former professional

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player.

Professional career

Gomis started his professional career with ALM Évreux in 1996, playing there for five seasons. He spent the 2001–02 season with

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, winning the

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in its final edition. Between 2002 and 2010, Gomis played in Spain for

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and

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. For the 2010–11 season he signed with Spirou Charleroi of Belgium. From 2011 to 2014 he played with

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, winning the French championship in the 2013–14 season. In June 2014, he signed with

JSF Nanterre Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club pla ...

for the 2014–15 season. On 27 August 2015 he retired from professional basketball.Joseph Gomis retires
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National team career

A member of the French junior national teams during the 1990s, Gomis represented

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on two major tournaments, at the

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and

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References

External links

Joseph Gomis
at acb.com
Joseph Gomis
at euroleague.net
Joseph Gomis
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomis, Joseph 1978 births Living people 2006 FIBA World Championship players ALM Évreux Basket players Baloncesto Málaga players CB Breogán players CB Valladolid players Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball players French expatriate basketball people in Spain French men's basketball players Liga ACB players Limoges CSP players Nanterre 92 players Point guards SLUC Nancy Basket players Spirou Charleroi players Sportspeople from Évreux